How to Become CEO

In recent years the CEO s position within the typical high profile company has been receiving more media attention than ever before The job and paycheck of a CEO can quickly turn a relatively unknown top level manager into a powerful international business leader with celebrity status But how do those people get so lucky What s their secret Employees and recent graduates everyone are asking How can I get ahead How can I become a CEO This book has the answers In HOW TO BECOME CEO consultant Jeffery Fox has written an insightful handbook of traits to develop for all generations of CEO aspirants or for anyone who wants to get ahead in today s business world Open it to any page and find a short provocative piece of brutally honest advice written in a conversational tone Each of the seventy five rules focuses on a specific action that should be taken a trait that needs to be developed or a prohibition to follow The words never and always are used frequently These are smart no nonsense business messages that are meant to be revisited in your rise to the top But don t think for a moment that this is a cynical book Rather it is one of hard headed idealism that will empower you to develop the qualities that are required of leaders vision persistence integrity and respect for superiors subordinates peers and self Anyone looking to climb the corporate ladder will be grateful for Fox s direct pithy advice the essentials to follow if you want to reach the top Modern Historiographyis the essential introduction to the history of historical writing